Author Topic: It's..It's...IT'S A GIRL!!!! (Read 15827 times)

TropicalFruitHunters · « **on:** August 11, 2012, 09:57:48 AM »

Return from vacation and I find my first female jackfruit flower! Sorry Sheehan...this has got to be killing you!!! LOL!

murahilin · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2012, 10:13:09 AM »

Maybe I will get lucky and it will fall off!

bsbullie · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2012, 10:39:05 AM »

Quote from: ohiojay on August 11, 2012, 09:57:48 AM

Return from vacation and I find my first female jackfruit flower! Sorry Sheehan...this has got to be killing you!!! LOL!

I would do some hand pollinating to ensure a fully pollinated fruit.

ScottR · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2012, 12:10:43 PM »

Wow, very cute little fruit to be there OhioJ. Thanks for posting never saw a baby Jac before.

HMHausman · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2012, 12:53:57 PM »

Cigars?

Soren · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2012, 01:03:22 PM »

Quote from: HMHausman on August 11, 2012, 12:53:57 PM

Cigars?

and a whiskey?

Ethan · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2012, 01:08:53 PM »

Congrats.....good thing you never got around to grabbing the axe!

-Ethan

lkailburn · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2012, 02:19:37 PM »

Congrats!!

-Luke

Soren · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2012, 02:37:33 PM »

Quote from: Ethan on August 11, 2012, 01:08:53 PM

Congrats.....good thing you never got around to grabbing the axe!

-Ethan

Lol; and btw Ethan the soursop seeds were just mailed from Denmark with much delay. Some Parkia seeds were added... ;-)

Jackfruitwhisperer69 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:14:41 PM »

Hi Ohio,

Awesome...Congrats

How big is the tree?

Mike T · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:28:33 PM »

I guess that makes it a Jill rather than a Jack.

Jackfruitwhisperer69 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:33:16 PM »

Quote from: Mike T on August 11, 2012, 04:28:33 PM

I guess that makes it a Jill rather than a Jack.

Mike T · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:41:40 PM »

Steven I suggest that when you are up to your neck in jackfruit action that your alter-ego becomes jackfruitshouter.

Jsvand5 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:47:28 PM »

I think you should chop it down anyway for taking so long.

Jackfruitwhisperer69 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2012, 05:12:56 PM »

Quote from: Mike T on August 11, 2012, 04:41:40 PM

Steven I suggest that when you are up to your neck in jackfruit action that your alter-ego becomes jackfruitshouter.

Mike,

I will do my utmost best to get these Badboy's to fruit in 4-5 years...Then I can become JackfruitShouter69

fruitlovers · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2012, 05:54:32 PM »

Jackfruit flowers in Ohio, mango flowers in Iceland....what's next? This group never ceases to amaze me! Congratulations Jay, hope it develops to maturity and you get to eat your baby.

Fruitguy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2012, 09:39:34 PM »

I told you that cursing at the tree and threatening to kill it would work!

Congratulations!!! What did you name it?

lkailburn · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2012, 09:40:09 PM »

Quote from: Mike T on August 11, 2012, 04:28:33 PM

I guess that makes it a Jill rather than a Jack.

Hahaha!
-Luke

Mike T · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2012, 11:21:01 PM »

Yikes it's happening all over.I hope yours can hang in there OJ and push back the frontiers.

Sleepdoc · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2012, 08:01:13 AM »

Congrats Jay ! I knew it would happen sooner or later. Any males around to pollinate it ?

stressbaby · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2012, 08:29:29 AM »

This is bad news for me because until I saw this, I had no reason to have to find room in my GH for a jackfruit.

Tres cool, Jay.

TropicalFruitHunters · « **Reply #21 on:** August 12, 2012, 09:26:55 AM »

Thanks all. Yes, Clint...there is a male nearby and hopefully it will shed pollen at the necessary time. This will be my first stab at this so I really have no idea when the female is ready. I'm happy the tree at least produced one.

Jackfruitwhisperer69...base of the tree is larger around than a soda can. It is currently peeking out of the skylight in the roof. This thing has been pruned harshly many times. I bet it would be as tall as our house without pruning. It is due for another.

The outside branches need pruned back as well as the top. Dr. Campbell claims that pruning should be done in the heat of summer. Think I should do this with it trying to fruit?

murahilin · « **Reply #22 on:** August 12, 2012, 09:44:22 AM »

Quote from: stressbaby on August 12, 2012, 08:29:29 AM

This is bad news for me because until I saw this, I had no reason to have to find room in my GH for a jackfruit.

Tres cool, Jay.

Robert,
There are a few cultivars that are supposed to be more dwarfing with smaller fruit. Would you be interested in one of those?

stressbaby · « **Reply #23 on:** August 12, 2012, 11:04:00 AM »

Quote from: murahilin on August 12, 2012, 09:44:22 AM

Quote from: stressbaby on August 12, 2012, 08:29:29 AM
This is bad news for me because until I saw this, I had no reason to have to find room in my GH for a jackfruit.

Tres cool, Jay.

Robert,
There are a few cultivars that are supposed to be more dwarfing with smaller fruit. Would you be interested in one of those?

I sure would.

Jay, is yours supposed to be a dwarf?

CoPlantNut · « **Reply #24 on:** August 12, 2012, 12:21:24 PM »

Congratulations, Jay... But I'm with Stressbaby- this doesn't bode well for keeping my plant collection small.

I've been feasting on delicious jackfruit all summer (Mexican-grown ones are $1.69 a pound here in Colorado) and I've been planting the seeds to use for grafting practice. I've intended to toss the plants when I'm done torturing them; I really don't have the room to fruit a jackfruit tree.

But now I have a dozen multi-rootstock jackfruit plants from my grafting practice and I too am tempted to find a dwarf cultivar to graft on just to see if I can grow one. I've been eyeing the 'Ziman Pink' cultivar which is supposedly dwarf, tasty, and might be different enough from what I can get in the store to justify growing it. (I have a standard rule of not growing anything I can get in a decent form in a local store-- it helps keep my collection at a more reasonable size.)

If anyone up north would like a multi-rootstock jackfruit seedling, PM me and I can send one your way... I need to get rid of the majority of them before freezing temperatures hit in 6-8 weeks.

Kevin

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Author Topic: It's..It's...IT'S A GIRL!!!! (Read 15827 times)